A Better wait_for_ajax
def wait_for_ajax counter = 0 while page.evaluate_script(“typeof($) === ‘undefined'”) counter += 1 print “^” $stdout.flush sleep(0.1) raise “Jquery not initialized…
Paperclip, Rails and Heroku: How do I make my images look better
First, on Heroku, you’ll need to add a special buildpack to your slug: (note that all of the following commands…
How to trim down your Heroku Slug
First you need to know how to connect to your Heroku application using bash. You can then use the du…
The pull request where CoffeeScript become the default in Rails
If you happen to be bored today and want to read something funny,
How to Install an Older Version of Rails
Learned something on the Rails-talk list today that blew me away. You can install an older version of rails using…
Capycoder: Chrome Extension to Record Interactions as Capybara
Seriously why hasn’t anyone ever told me about this awesome tool? With CapyCoder (below) you can literally record you…
Goldiloader: “Just In Time” Eager Loading Gem for ActiveRecord
Typically to eager load in Rails you use the .includes(:xyz) method in the controller code (or wherever you are making…
CanCan evolved to CanCanCan
So apparently
How do I name my Rails associations if there are multiple relationships to the same class object?
Here’s some advice I gave on the Rails-talk list this morning. (Information specific to the question I was answering has…
Announcing jasonfb/nondestructive_migrations !
Dear Rails world: Announcing jasonfb/nondestructive_migrations Rails gem: separate schema-only migrations from nondestrucitve (data) migrations in your Rails app. You can…